The 2006 Duke City Shootout featured higher attendance and more opportunities for involvement than ever before.

This year it also included the 48 Hour Film Project where more than 40 teams made movies in two days and MiniCini where more than 25 people made 15 frame per second movies.

The festival culminated with a gala premiere night on July 29th where the seven Shootout movies, 48 Hour Film Project winner and MiniCini winner were all shown to an excited crowd of more than 1,400 people.

• UNDER MY SKIN Stanley Ray, Albuquerque, NM

Best Production Design (Peter Lane)
Best Soundtrack (Mark Oates)

• TALK ME TO DEATH Pamela Johnson, Long Beach, CA

Audience Appreciation Award
Best Editing (Hari Zizniewski)

• CONFESSION Lauren Schneider, New York, NY

BOHICA Award (Marie Gardner)

• DOG DAY Joachim Jung, Los Angeles, CA

Best Cinematography (Joachim Jung)

• EDDY RAY Dart Hardiman, Albuquerque, NM

Best Actor (Jared Herholtz)

• MAKLAR, ANYONE? Phil and Angelo Guzzo, Portland, OR

• THE KISS Chidiki Whitley, Washington, DC

• STARE DOWN (48 Hour Film Festival entry)

Best Actress (Cassady Fernandez)

Volunteer of the Year
Loretta Sanchez, SAG Liason

2006 Minicini Winner:
The Girls and Pokerface